Welcome to Lovington ...

The city of Lovington is located in southeast New Mexico.

Lovington is located in Lea County<1> and is the County Seat for Lea County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lovington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lovington has a population of 11,493 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Lovington is 3,910 feet [1,192 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lovington is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lovington lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lovington (for example, toward Denver City (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lovington: 575

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lovington had an population of 11,493 people. This is an increase of 4.4% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 21.35% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lovington had a population of 11,009 people (which is 17.04% of the total population of Lea County). This makes Lovington the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Lovington represents 0.53% of the total population of New Mexico (which has 2,059,179 people), making it the state's 18th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 11,009 people, the population of Lovington increased 16.24% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 9,471 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lovington.

Communities Also Named Lovington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lovington - they are located in Illinois and Iowa.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lovington.

Websites for Lovington ...

Official Website:   www.lovington.leaco.net/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lovington.net/

Communities near Lovington ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lovington.

• Hillburn City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillburn City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillburn City
  • Hillburn City is located in Lea County
• Humble City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humble City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
  • Humble City is located in Lea County
• McDonald
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
  • McDonald is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonald <5>
• Air Base City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Air Base City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Base City
  • Air Base City is located in Lea County
• Arkansas Junction
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas Junction
  • Arkansas Junction is located in Lea County
• Hobbs
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
  • Hobbs is located in Lea County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <5>
• Tatum
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
  • Tatum is located in Lea County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 829 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatum <5>
• Monument
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
  • Monument is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monument <5>
• Gladiola ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladiola
  • Gladiola is located in Lea County
• Maljamar
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maljamar
  • Maljamar is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maljamar <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lovington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lovington.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovington. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lovington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lovington ...

Looking for more information about Lovington? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lovington, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lovington.

Adding Lovington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lovington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lovington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lovington post office opened in 1908.

We also found Lovington on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lovington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lovington: www.lovington.leaco.net/

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/